Pike River Mine disaster
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pike-river-mine-disaster-204-11579618
title:
Pike River Mine disaster
text:
The Pike River Mine disaster was a coal mining accident that began on 19 November 2010 in the Pike River Mine, 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Greymouth, in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island following a methane explosion at approximately 3:44 pm. The accident resulted in the deaths of 29 miners. The Pike River Mine incident ranks as New Zealand's worst mining disaster since 1914, when 43 men died at Ralph's Mine in Huntly. It also resulted in the country's worst loss of life caused
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2010 coal mining accident in New Zealand
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_River_Mine_disaster
date created:
2010-11-19T12:16:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T02:55:30Z
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